fizgig

n. (fĭz"gĭg)

A fishgig. [Obs.] Sandys.

fiz·gig
n.

[Fizz + gig whirling thing.]
A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes.

fiz·gig
n.

[See Gig a flirt.]
A gadding, flirting girl. Gosson.

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(FIZ-gig)

noun
1. A squib: a type of firework made with damp powder that makes a hissing sound when exploding. [From fizz, a clipping of fizzle, from fysel (to break wind)

2. A kind of top spun by pulling a string wound around it. 3. A flirty, frivolous girl. [Both from Middle English gig (a flighty girl, a whipping-top).]
4. A kind of harpoon with barbs for spearing fish. [From Spanish fisga (fish spear).]
5. A police informer. [Australian slang.]

Usage
"When [the speaker] argues that philosophies and theologies are the fizgigs of the brain, he expresses an idea which Browning has repeatedly expressed in 'Ferishtah's Fancies'." — Edward Dowden; Robert Browning (biography); 1904.

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a flighty, frivolous female

IN BRIEF: n. - An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
  Synonyms: spear, gig, fishgig, lance

Meaning #2: a firework that fizzes as it moves

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